Candlestick



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MICHAEL BRASSILL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT..

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,873, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed May 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL BRASSLLL, of Hartford, in the countyr of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improved Candlestick, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is a top View. Fig. 3 is a view in central vertical section; Fig. 4, side view ot' match-case.

The invention relates to a candlestick which has a candle-receptacle formed of elastic lngers appropriate to candles of different diameters, and also has a case for matches contained within a hollow pillar supporting the candlereceptacle.

The invention consists, first, in a hollow pillar bearing a candle-receptacle permanently xed to a suitable base-plate, combined with a match-case which is separate from both pillar and base-plate, and is introduced into the pillar through an opening in the base-plate, and kept there by spring or other suitable catches, and is readily removable to expose the matches at pleasure; second, in the combination of the separate and removable matchcase, the permanently-attached base and hollow pillar, the candle-receptacle borne on top of the pillar, and a guard-plate interposed between the pillar andthe candle-receptacle to intercept melted candle-matter and prevent it from running down the side of the pillar.

The letter a denotes the base-plate, raised centrally to give space for the handles of the catches appurtenant to the match-case, and provided with the central oriice, b, forming a mouth or opening to the inside of the hollow pillar. The base-plate projects into the hollow of the pillar to form a iange, a', for the catches just mentioned to take hold of.

The letter c denotes the hollow pillar permanently xed to the base-plate, and bearing on its top the spring-fingers d, formed into a candle-receptacle, with their upper ends turned outward, that they may not scrape the surface of a candle thrustinto their embrace, and with intervals e left between them at their lower ends, to allow the escape of melted candle-matter and to facilitate the cleaning of the receptacle.

The letter f denotes a guard-plate interposed between the top of the hollow pillar and the bottom of the candle-receptacle, to intercept melted candle-lnatter and preventit from running down the side of the pillar.

The letter g denotes the match-case, ordinarily kept within the hollow pillar, and there retained by the spring-catches h h.

The letterz' denotes a roughened space on the match-ease for lighting matches.

I claim as my improvementl. In combination, the candle-receptacle permanently attached to the hollow pillar, the hollow pillar permanently attached to the baseplate, the base-plate provided with the central orilice,and the match-case, with its catches, all substantially as described.

2. In combination, the candle-receptacle, the

.guard-plate, the hollow pillar, the base-plate fast to the pillar and provided with the central orifice, and the match-case, with its catches, all substantially as described.

MICHAEL BRASSILL. Witnesses:

WM. E. SII/IoNDs, J AlvrEs J. GREENE. 

